Edwin a



B. A'. BENSON.

(No Model.)

RAILROAD GAR.

No. 435,675. Patented Sept. 2, 1890.

ZIJQ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN A. BENSON, OF BUFFALO, NEIV YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO i THOMAS A. BISSELL, OF SAME PLACE.

RAI LROAD-CAR.

SPECFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 435,675, dated September 2. 1890.

Application led .Tune 10, 1889. Serial No. 313,72l. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.: arranged vertically and in line with the seat- Be it known that I, EDWIN A. BENSON, a back O. citizen of the United States, residing at Buf- D represents a locking-boit secured to the falo, in the county of Erie and State of New inner upper corner of the seat-back C. 5 York, have invented new and useful Im- E represents a detachable post provided provements in Railway-Cars, of 'which the with a foot E', which rests upon the top of following is a specification. the scat-back above the locking-bolt, and

The object of this invention is to provide with an extension or arm E2, which extends means for supporting a curtain or screen over downwardly from the foot E along the inner 6o xo the fixed back of the seat in a railway-car in edge of the seat-back. The foot E of this such manner that the curtain-support can be post is provided on its under side with a rereadily put in place for use and can be easily cess or socket e, in which the bolt D engages, removed and folded away when not required and the extension or arm E2 is provided at for use. In railway-cars, especially sleeping its lower end with a pin c', which engages 65 v5 cars, it often becomes desirable to temporarily in a socket. f formed in the seat-back. Upon increase the height of the back or partition placing the footAE in position with the pin between two adjoining seats in order to secure c inserted in the socket f, and the bolt D in greater privacy, but without recourse to the the socket or recess in the foot E', the post is head-boards, which latter are unsightly and held securely in place upon the seat-back, 7o 2o interfere with the ventilation. and can be readily removed upon withdraw My invention is designed to accomplish ing the bolt D from the socket e. these ends; and it consists of a detachable The extension Ef3 is provided with an opencurtain-support, as will be hereinafter fully ing or slot g, through which the knob d of the set forth, and pointed ont in the claims. bolt projects, and whereby the latter can be 2 5 In the accompanying drawings, Figure l actuated.

represents a fragmentary cross-section of a Il represents the curtain-rod, and H the railway-car provided with my improved curcurtain or screen suspended therefrom in any tain-support. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal well-known manner. section of the inner end of the back of a car- I represents a socket formed in the upper 8O 3o seat and the lower portion of the curtain-supend of the post E, and in which the inner end port, on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a rear of the curtain-rod H is supported. The elevation of the lower end of the curtain-supsocket I is provided with a spiral spring fi, port. Fig. 4E is a fragmentary longitudinal which is held in the socket by a plate or folvertical section of the upper portion of the lower c" and a screw-bolt 722. The latter is in- 35 curtain-support and the adjacent side of the serted through an opening in the follower, car, showing the manner of supporting the and is secured with its threaded end in the ends of the curtain-rod. Fig. 5 is a horizonend of the socket, the spring forcing the foltal section of the socket in the side of the car lower outwardly against the head of the bolt.

for supporting the outer end of the curtain- J represents a socket formed in the edge of 4o rod. Fig. 6 is an end view of this socket. the panel c, for supporting the opposite end Fig. 7 is a cross-section in line Qc Fig. 5. of the curtain-rod H. The socket J is pro- Like letters of reference refer to like parts vided with a spring-bolt J, the outer face of in the several figures. which is curved to conform with the beaded A represents one of the sides of a railwayedge of the panel. The bolt J is provided 45 car, B one of the car-seats, and C the stationwith a square shank j, which is seated in a ary or fixed back of the car-seat arranged at correspondingly-shaped openingj, formed in right angles with the sides of the car in the the rear of the socket, whereby the bolt is usual manner, with its outer end secured to held from turning in the socket.

the side of the car. j? is a spiral spring surrounding the shank Ico 5o c represents a narrow strip or panel proj of the bolt and bearingwith one end against jecting' inwardly from the side of the car and thehead of the bolt and its opposite end against the end of the socket, whereby the bolt is held with its head projecting out of the socket and iush with the beaded edge of the panel. Upon pressing the bolt J inwardly one end of the curtain-rod H can be readily inserted in the socket J and its opposite end in the socket I in the head of the post. The springbolt J and the springt4 act as cushions for the ends of the curtain-rod when the latter is secured in the sockets I and J and hold the rod firmly in place against rattling by the jolting or motion of the car. Vhen the curtain is not -required for use, the curtain-rod II can be easily removed by pressing the end of the rod against the bolt J until the opposite end of the rod is free from the socket I, when the curtain-rod can be with drawn from the socket J. The curtain can now be folded away and the post E removed from the seat-back upon withdrawing the bolt D.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination, with a car-seat,` of a detachable post, a fastening whereby the post is attached to the inner end of the carseat, and a curtain-rod extending outwardly from the head of the post, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a car-seat, of a detachable post provided with a foot by which it is attached to the canseat, a curtainrod connected with the upper end of the post, and a socket in the side of the car in which the opposite end of the curtain-rod is supported, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a car-seat, of a detachable post provided with a foot whereby it is attached to the car-seat, and at its upper end with a socket, a detachable curtain-rod seated in said socket of the post, and a socket in the side of the car in which the opposite end of the curtain-rod is supported, substan tially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the post provided in its head with a socket and a removable curtain-rod seated in said socket, of a spring seated in said socket and bearing against the curtain-rod, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with the car-seat, the detachable post, and the curtain-rod, of a socket in the side of the car in which the curtain-rod is supported and a spring-bolt arranged in said socket and bearing against the curtain-rod, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, with a car-seat, of a detachable post provided in its head with a' socket, a spring arranged in said socket, a detachable curtain-rod seated with one end in said socket, a socket in the side of the car in which the opposite end of the curtain-rod is seated, and a spring-bolt arranged in said socket, substantially as set forth.

'7. The combination, with the car-seat provided in its top with a locking-bolt and iu'its side with a socket, of a detachable post provided in its foot with a recess in which said locking-bolt engages and below its foot with an extension having at its lower end a pin, which engages in the socket in the lower side of the car-seat, substantially as set forth.

Vitness my hand this 28th day of May, 1889.

EDWIN A. BENSON.

iVitnesses:

J No. J. BoNNER, F. C. GEYER. 

